Seasonal and annual variation in young children's physical activity

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 44, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1318-1324

  McKee, David P ^a   Murtagh, Elaine M ^b   Boreham, Colin A G ^c   Nevill, Alan M ^d   Murphy, Marie H ^e  

^a STRANMILLIS UNIVERSITY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WOLVERHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

correlate; physical activity tracking; Preschool children; step count

Indexed keywords

ACTIMETRY; AGING; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEASON; UNITED KINGDOM;

ACTIGRAPHY; AGING; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NORTHERN IRELAND; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEASONS;

EID: 84862754701     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: 15300315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/MSS.0b013e3182464db5     Document Type: Article

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